Description
Historically, community development initiatives have centered humans, concerned primarily with the flourishing of humans and their human communities. As a result, the natural world has been an afterthought or outsourced to particular vocations like farming or gardening. However, Scripture gives us a vibrant ecological imagination that leads to the mutual, interdependent thriving of all members, human and non-human alike. How could we embrace the land and all its inhabitants as fellow members in justice-oriented work for everyone, not only land-oriented projects? Through teaching and participatory activities, this workshop will enliven an imagination for holistic CCD work that embraces other-than-human kin as part of the vision of the Kingdom of God by re-framing the 8 principles of CCDA through an ecological lens.
